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somebody who had been part of that first generation of africans to study in the united states. and then had married an american woman. had had a child, but then had gone back to his own country. thinking that somehow he would be able to bring back technology and transformation through the knowledge that he had gained to help develop a country that was newly free. and i didn't really know his story very well. all i knew about my father for the most part during my upbringing was the stories that my mother told me. so i had a whole mythology about who he was. fortunately the mythology that my mother fed me was a very positive image. so i write about the fact that in the book, i grew up with an image of a strong black man who just didn't happen to be in the house. but was one of the smartest and most charismatic and brightest and honest people that you would ever care to meet. and so that was a mythology that i carried with me, despite his absence and despite living in a very different world than his. and it was only later that i started realizing that in fact this was a mythology,
somebody who had been part of that first generation of africans to study in the united states. and then had married an american woman. had had a child, but then had gone back to his own country. thinking that somehow he would be able to bring back technology and transformation through the knowledge that he had gained to help develop a country that was newly free. and i didn't really know his story very well. all i knew about my father for the most part during my upbringing was the stories that...
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it's a small amount of people looking at the total united states, but the amount of power and the amount of influence that they project into politics is just astoppedding, and they do it -- astounding, and they do it all behind closed doors. we go into that in great detail in the book where we got information from the freedom of information act from secret meetings that went on. the other thing about union heads that people don't realize is they are truly the 1%. they talk about -- unions talk about the 1% and occupy wall street, but the guys are making huge amounts of money. huge ams. the secretary treasure makes $845,000. many employees make over $# -- $200,000. it is astounding, truly the 1% spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on private planes, ready access to the white house. they are invited to the best events at the white house. these are not little guys that work their way up. i mean these are truely the 1 #% that they talk bo their members about. >> [inaudible] >> the boilermaker union, a private sector, if you use their logo on an article as i did, we get something from t
it's a small amount of people looking at the total united states, but the amount of power and the amount of influence that they project into politics is just astoppedding, and they do it -- astounding, and they do it all behind closed doors. we go into that in great detail in the book where we got information from the freedom of information act from secret meetings that went on. the other thing about union heads that people don't realize is they are truly the 1%. they talk about -- unions talk...
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states can from cincinnati. cincinnati in some ways was a southern town because a was oriented. its trade was in the south along the ohio river the and the mississippi. it also was the home of the underground railroad so if you could get sleaves, they could get out of kentucky and across the ohio river in some ways they were safe in ohio and then they could be dispersed other places that were even safer in ohio, so he was from here. harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william mckinley elected president in 1986. so a whole bunch of ohioans. james garfield, he was a short-lived president because he was assassinated in office, but you have a set of presidents who came during this period after the civil war all the way up into the 1920's and then it sort of stops and they were pulling presidents from other parts of the country afterwards. they tend to be more moderate for one thing. they don't tend to be of ideologues. that's still true for the statewide politicians there's a tendency for them to be
states can from cincinnati. cincinnati in some ways was a southern town because a was oriented. its trade was in the south along the ohio river the and the mississippi. it also was the home of the underground railroad so if you could get sleaves, they could get out of kentucky and across the ohio river in some ways they were safe in ohio and then they could be dispersed other places that were even safer in ohio, so he was from here. harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william...
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states, and focusing the story of one family, the family of james hickman, an important story in and of itself but it really tells the story of what happened to hold generation of african-americans who left the deep south and the go north. the dignity and freedom was impossible to get and the mississippi of that era and when i say mississippi you have to think of the worst of the old south and the old confederacy where african-american life, was cheap and murdered by any white person and not be prosecuted and history of lynching, and like many african americans, the unequal economic and political power between the handful of plantation owners who ran the state and the lives of sharecroppers black and white were incredibly miserable with no future. like many african american families particularly in mississippi there came to be a point where after they had a large family with nine kids, farming families whether it is ireland or iowa or mississippi, farming families didn't have a lot of kids and they got to the point where the family realized for the four youngest children there was no
states, and focusing the story of one family, the family of james hickman, an important story in and of itself but it really tells the story of what happened to hold generation of african-americans who left the deep south and the go north. the dignity and freedom was impossible to get and the mississippi of that era and when i say mississippi you have to think of the worst of the old south and the old confederacy where african-american life, was cheap and murdered by any white person and not be...
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she wants a weekly standing meeting of the president of the united states. she get it is. i bet the first few meetings were awkward. they occur on thursday mornings. over the course of the meetings, she wins and moves over the president through her hard work and intelligence, and he comes to realize she is a familiar figure. she's a strong, confident, progressive minded women. he's met women like her before. she knows how to read him. she spent her life dealing with difficult men. i don't mean her husband bill. her father, her brother, other men in her life. she knows how to deal with these men. and she knows how to deal with president obama. and how those reflect many what we have seen in president obama. >> host: one thing a leader days is stay in the room. they stay engage. we have barack obama walking out of 2009 during a briefings on the gulf oil spill crisis, here the room is crowded with coast guard officials and epa and department of energy. and in terms of the energy secretary he says, steve, i'm out. when negotiations stuff. he wack walks out root of. when he's n
she wants a weekly standing meeting of the president of the united states. she get it is. i bet the first few meetings were awkward. they occur on thursday mornings. over the course of the meetings, she wins and moves over the president through her hard work and intelligence, and he comes to realize she is a familiar figure. she's a strong, confident, progressive minded women. he's met women like her before. she knows how to read him. she spent her life dealing with difficult men. i don't mean...
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there is no budget in the united states senate. and the, president obama's budget was brought up and got zero votes. so i just wanted to share that. mr. wicker: i appreciate the senator sharing this time with me. mr. president, i guess in a moment senator sessions will yield the floor. then we'll go dark subject to the call of the chair and vote at midnight to sort of slink out of town. no appropriations bill, no defense bill, no dealing with the sequestration, meat-ax cuts to defense and other programs. and -- but we will have gotten away under cover of darkness to face the voters. and in this country, that's -- they're the ultimate arbiters. but i'd just -- i just appreciate this opportunity to stand on the floor with a statesman like my friend from alabama and to thank him for his leadership in the budget issues, and to thank him for coming here and telling the truth to our colleagues and to the american people today. mr. sessions: senator wicker, you know, senator olympia snowe, who is not running again, is frustrated with this
there is no budget in the united states senate. and the, president obama's budget was brought up and got zero votes. so i just wanted to share that. mr. wicker: i appreciate the senator sharing this time with me. mr. president, i guess in a moment senator sessions will yield the floor. then we'll go dark subject to the call of the chair and vote at midnight to sort of slink out of town. no appropriations bill, no defense bill, no dealing with the sequestration, meat-ax cuts to defense and other...
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last term, the spreerm court had the united states versus jones case involving tracking devices. i'm not sure anyone under 40 views tracking devices as new technology, but by supreme court standards they qualified, and there's at least one case potentially on the horizon that involves a new technology, but in terms of the fourth amendment cases that are already on the court's dockets, i think it's fair to say that often involves old technology, and i guess i promised that i would slip in at least one k-9 jokes, but this is the year the supreme court goes to the dogs. they have no fewer than two cases involving the application of the fourth amendment to dog snuff, and perhaps intentional or or unintentional act of humor, they set both cases for oral argument on halloween. the court is going to have kind of a fourth amendment day on halloween with these two cases involving dogs, and a further familiarity, is the two cases actually come from the state of florida, both from the florida supreme court, and so the state of florida's actually the petitioner in both of the cases that the
last term, the spreerm court had the united states versus jones case involving tracking devices. i'm not sure anyone under 40 views tracking devices as new technology, but by supreme court standards they qualified, and there's at least one case potentially on the horizon that involves a new technology, but in terms of the fourth amendment cases that are already on the court's dockets, i think it's fair to say that often involves old technology, and i guess i promised that i would slip in at...
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inside the united states are inside nato allies in europe or australia. you have a blueprint for the entire network. once you have that number, as fun as it doesn't know that bin laden instead, you could swoop in and surprise them, killing capture al qaeda leaders around the world, dismantle the organization and win the war. if he was willing to wait a couple weeks or a month before the television announcement, he would be just announcing the death. he would be announcing the death of al qaeda and final victory in the war on terror. he threw that away a few minutes before the television cameras. >> host: is very clear from your account from the statement was written in advance that they said he was ready to go politically. as you say, the surprise of many senior advisers. >> guest: he brought along with ben rose was very influential in racers. >> host: let's move onto another case study that was fascinating. they're hardly ever far from the surface of our politics. once again this morning that the assassination of the libyan ambassador, stories are back i
inside the united states are inside nato allies in europe or australia. you have a blueprint for the entire network. once you have that number, as fun as it doesn't know that bin laden instead, you could swoop in and surprise them, killing capture al qaeda leaders around the world, dismantle the organization and win the war. if he was willing to wait a couple weeks or a month before the television announcement, he would be just announcing the death. he would be announcing the death of al qaeda...
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requirements on the united states? well, there are more than 5 1/2 million veterans living with disabilities, american veterans. they and thousands of others live with disabilities but they travel, study, work and serve overseas, often with their families. ratifying this treaty will help to ensure they enjoy the same accessibility and opportunity they do right here at home. ratifying this treaty will give the united states a well-deserved seat at the international table so the u.s. can provide its guidance and expertise and experience to other countries working to adopt laws, upgrade infrastructure and modernize facilities to meet the high standards we've already set and met. american businesses have invested time and resources to comply with the a.d.a., the americans with disabilities act. businesses in some countries are not required to comply with similar standards. compliance with the treaty levels the playing field by requiring foreign businesses to meet accessibility standards similar to those already met by amer
requirements on the united states? well, there are more than 5 1/2 million veterans living with disabilities, american veterans. they and thousands of others live with disabilities but they travel, study, work and serve overseas, often with their families. ratifying this treaty will help to ensure they enjoy the same accessibility and opportunity they do right here at home. ratifying this treaty will give the united states a well-deserved seat at the international table so the u.s. can provide...
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states army, united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me, that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony and with that, i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. winter had said that although the chances would have been less likely that the circumstances of this tragedy at fort hood could, indeed, occur again today. could you reflect on your thinking whether it could occur today, and also what would you give for your recommendations to try and not have -- the greatest legacy we can give to these families that have lost loved ones are, i think the greatest legacy is that this wouldn't happen again to another american. could you comment on what you think in that regard? >> um, it's difficult to answer a hypothetical about the specific events that occurred at fort hood, but what i will say is highlight the nationwide suspicious activity reporting initiative. you know, one of the things that we were really successful on with this initiative is being able to bring together a lot of diff
states army, united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me, that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony and with that, i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. winter had said that although the chances would have been less likely that the circumstances of this tragedy at fort hood could, indeed, occur again today. could you reflect on your thinking whether it could occur today, and also what would you give for your...
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you expect the united states to be clear and the secretary of the united states. and but we should not allow ourselves to be drug in to a theological argument. it is not the onof the president of the united states to tell me that you schism is a great religion or islam is a great religion. that's not their job. you focus on the issue. we have -- americans have a problem with embassies. since 1979, no country in the world had problems with the embassy like the americans. from the storming of the embassy in iran to burns the embassy and burning the embassy in libya. it was 1979. and then, you know, the list is long. we're extremely sensible about this. and everybody show knolled that we are sensitive of this. i'm a secularist to the bones. i'm respectful of the religious. and i have a view of men and bearded men engaging in politics. [inaudible] when mohamed tried to -- [inaudible] can you see muslim embassy being stormed anywhere in the world? bryan, i know you want to comment on that. i want to engage on the question of u.s. policy. because, you know, i do think c
you expect the united states to be clear and the secretary of the united states. and but we should not allow ourselves to be drug in to a theological argument. it is not the onof the president of the united states to tell me that you schism is a great religion or islam is a great religion. that's not their job. you focus on the issue. we have -- americans have a problem with embassies. since 1979, no country in the world had problems with the embassy like the americans. from the storming of the...
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>> in terms of the threat to the united states homeland i would aqap at the top the list but i would also put again a few core. not within its greatly diminished capability, it has retained the intent and we've seen this to carry out an attack even if it's a smaller scale less sophisticated attack and we've seen in the past to against the u.s. homeland. and in third, these are not any particular order but i would also put iran and hezbollah at going to comment about the likelihood of attack inside united states depends largely on events in the middle east and what we see the understood. secretary? >> i would add to what was said of the nature of homegrown islamists terrorists or terrorism, what we saw, for example, the arrest in chicago last saturday. i think it was saturday, of an individual. we have seen a pattern of this for several of these incidents over the last year. i think the internet serves as a facilitator of that, and i think the so-called lone wolf can also be a loan islamist in that regard, motivated by motivations that may be behind, for example, what occurred in beng
>> in terms of the threat to the united states homeland i would aqap at the top the list but i would also put again a few core. not within its greatly diminished capability, it has retained the intent and we've seen this to carry out an attack even if it's a smaller scale less sophisticated attack and we've seen in the past to against the u.s. homeland. and in third, these are not any particular order but i would also put iran and hezbollah at going to comment about the likelihood of...
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what kind of strategy would help the united states deal with this paradoxical situation? >> well again, good to see you and know that you are still fighting the good fight. it's not easy these days. there is a great variety of militants loose in the land for both countries. some of them in overt linkages with each other, some of them not. but by and large, you know, i do think they have a presumable motive which is bringing down the established order is in both countries. it is a negative motive. i don't see much except in the case of the taliban i want to go back to the bad old days, and i don't see much of a vision for the future except everyone being dead oregon who doesn't think like them -- dead or gone who don't agree with them. since bayh departure in 2007 cut the growth and strengthening of the indigenous tech steny militancy that is as you put it at the pakistan government establishment military and the population, what this tells me, and what i think all three governments are aware of afghanistan, pakistan and the united states is whoa, it's bad out there. it's
what kind of strategy would help the united states deal with this paradoxical situation? >> well again, good to see you and know that you are still fighting the good fight. it's not easy these days. there is a great variety of militants loose in the land for both countries. some of them in overt linkages with each other, some of them not. but by and large, you know, i do think they have a presumable motive which is bringing down the established order is in both countries. it is a negative...
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you have done something to anchor the great united states of america. suddenly their american soldier to everywhere destroying your statutes and liberating a people and ungrateful as they are your people are joining the americans in hunting you down and bring you to justice. is you the formerly great testbed of turkestan art driven out of your spider hole you realize your destiny has been sealed by the young men and women wearing the uniform of the united states of america. [applause] the liberal vision, one of centralized control, state domination the suppression of individual liberty in the name of progress. many of the autocrats are military. c.s. lewis once remarked the oppressive that tierney's is a tyranny that is exercised for the good of its victims in this describes the project of liberalism today t.. liberalism is the contention that all governance and policy ought to be judged not by its outcomes or its meanings but by its intentions. that is the core ethic of the liberal. it gives us the key to the real reasons the liberals hate the military
you have done something to anchor the great united states of america. suddenly their american soldier to everywhere destroying your statutes and liberating a people and ungrateful as they are your people are joining the americans in hunting you down and bring you to justice. is you the formerly great testbed of turkestan art driven out of your spider hole you realize your destiny has been sealed by the young men and women wearing the uniform of the united states of america. [applause] the...
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god bless the memories of those we lost and god bless these united states of america. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we are leaving the pentagon 9/11 remembrance ceremony at this point to go live to the u.s. senate. a quick reminder you can continue watching live coverage on line at c-span.org. the u.s. senate u.s. senate as about to gavel in for the day. lawmakers are expected to consider a bill dealing with training for veterans looking for civilian jobs but also give veterans referential treatment. at 12:30 eastern they will recess for weekly party lunches lunches and when they returned they will hold a procedural vote on the veterans jobs bill. live coverage now of the u.s.d e senate here on c-span2. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the source of our being, on this 11th anniversary of september, we pause to remember how you sustain us even through life's tragedies. recalling the deaths and injuries, the heroism and the patriotism, it's easy for us to be thankful for your presence and power. continue
god bless the memories of those we lost and god bless these united states of america. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we are leaving the pentagon 9/11 remembrance ceremony at this point to go live to the u.s. senate. a quick reminder you can continue watching live coverage on line at c-span.org. the u.s. senate u.s. senate as about to gavel in for the day. lawmakers are expected to consider a bill dealing with training for veterans...
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you studied in the united states to live in the united states. i daresay i suspect you know that the u.s. government is not anti is on. the president, secretary of state had put ads on your television saying that. wouldn't it be a good idea for the president, your prime minister, or even you to go on television, a lot more credibility than we do with your people and say, the united states is an important country with which we differ on many issues. they have a different culture, a different first amendment. may be difficult for us to understand, we can assure you, they are not anti muslim. would that not help? is that possible? would that not create the sort of mutual trust and respect the you're talking about? >> to be quite honest there are two different things unfortunately which are getting mixed up in this particular problem. there is one, and i think that this is where we have to have a deeper understanding of veto powers culture and religion. islam is a religion of peace. so this mindset, we reject it completely. allow me to say also that
you studied in the united states to live in the united states. i daresay i suspect you know that the u.s. government is not anti is on. the president, secretary of state had put ads on your television saying that. wouldn't it be a good idea for the president, your prime minister, or even you to go on television, a lot more credibility than we do with your people and say, the united states is an important country with which we differ on many issues. they have a different culture, a different...
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states because the united states -- the people in the united states were never slaves. they were always free. this was an unusual statement to make in a country with 4 million people in bondage. i thought okay, so meigs said all right, we won't have the liberty cap. and so he sat back to crawford for a third design. and this is what crawford came back with. and this is the freedom triumphant in war and peace we have today. crawford -- the feeling today is that crawford's intent was to create an indian princess and you have this buckskin skirt here. but at the least, that disappears and then you have kind of a greek saying here. and then you have this remarkable headdress, which was supposed to be an equal and eagle feathers, but instead looks like a rooster with a nozzle on it. meigs had been urging thomas crawford costly to go to the vatican library and look up books have pictures of indians because he expected quite rightly that crawford had no idea what indians looks like. anyway, crawford comes back with this. davis absolutely loves that and meigs didn't say anythin
states because the united states -- the people in the united states were never slaves. they were always free. this was an unusual statement to make in a country with 4 million people in bondage. i thought okay, so meigs said all right, we won't have the liberty cap. and so he sat back to crawford for a third design. and this is what crawford came back with. and this is the freedom triumphant in war and peace we have today. crawford -- the feeling today is that crawford's intent was to create an...
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people are being served all over the united states because they had prior notice of the commission failed to act in our responsibly can subsequently someone else has been harmed. i party identified handers that this particular individual had. and we know he has explicit information about prior activities in the store. there has been information contained according to your report and he's responsible for reviewing, maybe not complete. but the failure to inquire in the communications that take place between one more in which there's this, well, i gestured this effectively demeanor that he understood what he was talking to the atf, where is the duty to inquire that would have led to a clear, articulation of what was going on with operation fast and furious? >> and that i think is a very important question precisely the reason we have the recommendation about deputy ag's meeting to review the affidavit. they are not looking on it just as robotic lawyers to check a box about, is the statutory purpose method? deputy ag's, members of the ses are involved in policy issues. they have an appreciati
people are being served all over the united states because they had prior notice of the commission failed to act in our responsibly can subsequently someone else has been harmed. i party identified handers that this particular individual had. and we know he has explicit information about prior activities in the store. there has been information contained according to your report and he's responsible for reviewing, maybe not complete. but the failure to inquire in the communications that take...
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meet your president, your new president of the united states. [laughter] >> at the same time someone, another paper published this profile of mr. lincoln. mr. lincoln stands six feet tall in his socks, which he changes once every 10 days. his anatomy is composed mostly of bones, and when walking he resembles the offspring of a happy marriage between a derrick and windmill. his head is shaped something like a rutabaga. he can hardly be called hansen even though he is certainly much better looking since he had the smallpox. [laughter] >> flash forward, president obama called a racist, marxist, fascist, a dictator, a muslim. that's not meant as a positive term by the way, a man of faith, a muslim meaning of terrorist. announced he -- a nazi, foreigner. the jackass. rush limbaugh calling the. a liar. and a socialist. this is obsession with obama as a person, what others have called them. they have to kind of prove that he is not like us. and some of it, not all of the but some of it of course is the color of his skin. these black and we are way. use
meet your president, your new president of the united states. [laughter] >> at the same time someone, another paper published this profile of mr. lincoln. mr. lincoln stands six feet tall in his socks, which he changes once every 10 days. his anatomy is composed mostly of bones, and when walking he resembles the offspring of a happy marriage between a derrick and windmill. his head is shaped something like a rutabaga. he can hardly be called hansen even though he is certainly much better...
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they--he was a messenger of this vision that he had of the united states. so we know today that no one makes up their own speeches, but in stevenson's time he stood very firmly on the notion that those were his speeches, and that's why he edited them all the time, so that there would be a little bit of a rumpus. i have to tell one story about the '52 campaign and the plane arrives in grand rapids, michigan, and there's a big crowd on the ground and stevenson's working on the speech, he's not ready. he's editing, he's editing, he's editing and the newspaper report from the baltimore sun looks over and sees that the crowd just dwindles away. and by the time that stevenson gets out and has a beautiful speech to deliver, everyone's left. c-span: if we followed you around in the last eight years... >> guest: oh, god. oh, my--god forbid. c-span: ... where would we have seen you go to get this book? >> guest: oh, well, a lot of places. we don't make things easy for american historians. if we just--we're really close here to the library of congress, but, you know,
they--he was a messenger of this vision that he had of the united states. so we know today that no one makes up their own speeches, but in stevenson's time he stood very firmly on the notion that those were his speeches, and that's why he edited them all the time, so that there would be a little bit of a rumpus. i have to tell one story about the '52 campaign and the plane arrives in grand rapids, michigan, and there's a big crowd on the ground and stevenson's working on the speech, he's not...
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states senate and the united states of america. and we will continue to commemorate what happened so that we don't forget and dedicate ourselves to a more peaceful world. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. mrs. gillibrand: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the executive session to consider the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, stephanie marie rose of iowa to be united states district judge. mr. leahy: mr. president, when the senate --. the presiding officer: there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. mr. leahy: mr. president, we're beginning about three minutes late and i'd ask consent the time be divided in such a way the vote still starts at 5:30. the pr
states senate and the united states of america. and we will continue to commemorate what happened so that we don't forget and dedicate ourselves to a more peaceful world. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. mrs. gillibrand: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding...
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i'm in my 26th year in the united states senate. i announced a year and a half ago, a little more than that, that i would not seek reelection. so i don't have a political ox to gore here. but i am here to report what i have seen after 26 years of service here. and let me just start by saying our republican colleagues at the leadership level decided early on that their strategy to be successful was to stop things from passing in the united states senate. it is very clear that has been their strategy. that's why we have seen more than 380 filibusters in this body, which is completely unprecedented in the history of the united states senate. because the republican leader made very clear years ago his highest priority was to defeat for reelection president obama. he did not say his top priority was to solve the problems of the country. he did not say his top priority was to get our economy back on track. he did not say his top priority was to address the deficits and debt of the nation. he did not say his top priority was to improve the
i'm in my 26th year in the united states senate. i announced a year and a half ago, a little more than that, that i would not seek reelection. so i don't have a political ox to gore here. but i am here to report what i have seen after 26 years of service here. and let me just start by saying our republican colleagues at the leadership level decided early on that their strategy to be successful was to stop things from passing in the united states senate. it is very clear that has been their...
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land there's a finite amount of land in the united states. we created some with the fill from this space, but in general proposition, whatever you do with the capital gains rate, there's going to be that amount of land. so you preferential rate. it's not about economic growth or jobs or anything else. you happen to have that because you invest it. i'm not saying it's good or bad. stand back and ask yourself why we think it's important to have the difference in treatment. does it make sense in the context. and i can look at the question and i think it's better than picked up in the testimony already, if you're concerned a ebility about the double tax on corporate investment which is something serious to think about. the appropriate qua to think way to think about is to think about integration. the fact of the matter, i make my living is that corps do not pay taxesed at 35% rate. you have to separate between what the code says at the top marginal rate and what actually happens. the other things you can think about is that professor burr blanker
land there's a finite amount of land in the united states. we created some with the fill from this space, but in general proposition, whatever you do with the capital gains rate, there's going to be that amount of land. so you preferential rate. it's not about economic growth or jobs or anything else. you happen to have that because you invest it. i'm not saying it's good or bad. stand back and ask yourself why we think it's important to have the difference in treatment. does it make sense in...
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such is what has gone on now in the united states. you have a far prime injecting himself into elections,. they're doing everything they can up the wall. sooner or later the interest of the united states and israel. that period is now. you'll never have nothing chain. if you had 10, 10 blacks in 10 hispanics, everyone would have to come together. as long as you had the senate idea segregated, nothing is going to change because they will pretend they are interested in white america. thank you. >> guest: i appreciate the brothers passion. i disagree. i don't think it's just romney in which the poor. it is the rich and the poor. romney is part of that which cometh best buy were very critical of the choices he makes in terms of what we perceive to be a callousness of poor people. the democratic party is also part of the big money tied to big things. we had 10 clarence thomas is in the u.s. senate, it would not meet a bit of difference in terms of the kind of progress you're talking about. in fact, it would be an impediment. if we attend b
such is what has gone on now in the united states. you have a far prime injecting himself into elections,. they're doing everything they can up the wall. sooner or later the interest of the united states and israel. that period is now. you'll never have nothing chain. if you had 10, 10 blacks in 10 hispanics, everyone would have to come together. as long as you had the senate idea segregated, nothing is going to change because they will pretend they are interested in white america. thank you....
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to avoid tax liability in the united states. i don't know what's in mitt romney's income tax returns. there must be something in there he doesn't want america to see because he is defying all of the calls to go public with the income tax returns. or income tax -- are income tax returns important? in boca raton, he judged 47% of the american people based on their income tax returns. we should judge mitt romney based on his income tax returns or his refusal to disclose them. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. sessions: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: madam president, i know my colleague, the democratic assistant leader, is here and i'll make a budget point of order now so -- because i understand he would be objecting. madam president, the pending amendment number 2789 offered by the senator from washington would cause the underlying legislation to exceed the authorizing committee section 302-a allocation of the new budget authority and outlays. therefore, it violates the budget
to avoid tax liability in the united states. i don't know what's in mitt romney's income tax returns. there must be something in there he doesn't want america to see because he is defying all of the calls to go public with the income tax returns. or income tax -- are income tax returns important? in boca raton, he judged 47% of the american people based on their income tax returns. we should judge mitt romney based on his income tax returns or his refusal to disclose them. madam president, i...
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and the united states on one approach to it. when i look at the region and i think about what the president said today, he was expressing universal rights that all americans believe in. life, liberty, freedom and democracy. they are universal but they're not necessary accepted universally in every country of the world. so you have to realize that it is not one uniform world after that we're dealing with. now, what i always like to say and putting it into context, you take the universal values and to bring them up today. i always start with 1975 and the helsinki actually accepted the boundaries of the post-world war ii period, but we made the soviet union at the time take a poison pill, which said you also must accept the right of self-determination, the right of people to freedom and the right of people to choose their own leaders. and within a few years after the helsinki final act we saw like the lesser. we saw the europeans come together on s. central european planes and the other side of the iron curtain and start to demand
and the united states on one approach to it. when i look at the region and i think about what the president said today, he was expressing universal rights that all americans believe in. life, liberty, freedom and democracy. they are universal but they're not necessary accepted universally in every country of the world. so you have to realize that it is not one uniform world after that we're dealing with. now, what i always like to say and putting it into context, you take the universal values...
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i'm the commander in chief of the united states military. you're going to do damage to the military of the united states. it's my responsibility as president to insist that you and congress get this thing done. i'm tpraoepd provide leadership and suggestions and help to get it done. has he done that? no. he's not said one word about us advancing or put any effort into leadership that would lead us to fix this problem. i think that's a disappointing thing; just have to say it is. maybe others think it's all right for him to lead from behind, to sit in the white house and go make speeches and not worry about the sequester, not worry about the fact we haven't passed a defense bill. i don't think so. i think you're still president of the united states even when you're running for reelection. but, i think a phone call or two to the senate leadership would get the ball moving. that's about all it takes, frankly. seems like to me the white house is perfectly happy with inaction. that's the bottom line, in my opinion. they're perfectly happy. they w
i'm the commander in chief of the united states military. you're going to do damage to the military of the united states. it's my responsibility as president to insist that you and congress get this thing done. i'm tpraoepd provide leadership and suggestions and help to get it done. has he done that? no. he's not said one word about us advancing or put any effort into leadership that would lead us to fix this problem. i think that's a disappointing thing; just have to say it is. maybe others...
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b. 1070, it's ariza that's acting, not the united states. and mexico can calibrate its response appropriately so as not to compromise the interests of those of us who live in states other than arizona. and so i think that there once was a very strong functional basis for what's called the dormant foreign affairs power which did extend to immigration in earlier supreme court cases. but i think that rationale has been, um, significantly diluted in the context of globalization. so finally, on the impact of the case, i think the kennedy decision was a conventional one but is also a consequential one. so this is going to have some importance on the ground. and in a lot of ways it's worst of both words for proponents of the s.b. 1070 case. if s.b. 1070 had been struck down, if all four provisions had been struck down, that would have given restrictionist constituencies a rallying call in washington. so i think it would have empowered restrictionists in their effort toss secure tougher federal legislation in the context of legislation, but the pact
b. 1070, it's ariza that's acting, not the united states. and mexico can calibrate its response appropriately so as not to compromise the interests of those of us who live in states other than arizona. and so i think that there once was a very strong functional basis for what's called the dormant foreign affairs power which did extend to immigration in earlier supreme court cases. but i think that rationale has been, um, significantly diluted in the context of globalization. so finally, on the...
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-- general of the united states. it should have been in our view. it was that kind of a case. >> thank you. >> of course. we go to the gentleman from pennsylvania. >> thank you issue mr. -- thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. horowitz, for your continuing good work on the department of justice and for the united states of america. you couldn't have teed off my questioning any better than asking about the tail euroto report this up the -- failure to report this up the chain. i'm going back to a september 12th, an e-mail from attorney deputy wine steen -- winestein. "i'm stunned on what we had to do to make sure not a single weapon walked in undercover operations i've been involved in planning." i think we have to make sure we go over the issues with our front office. we owe to to headquashes to preview the issues before anything is filed." i want to ask a predicate pre. with complete knowledge guns had been walked, implications that crimes had been committed in mexico, based on a prior activity, did you ever ask w
-- general of the united states. it should have been in our view. it was that kind of a case. >> thank you. >> of course. we go to the gentleman from pennsylvania. >> thank you issue mr. -- thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. horowitz, for your continuing good work on the department of justice and for the united states of america. you couldn't have teed off my questioning any better than asking about the tail euroto report this up the -- failure to report this up the...
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finally the poster child for demographic change in the united states and how it can shift the state's rapidly over time, grace state of nevada. obama is running ahead, not nearly as far as he did in 2008. look at this data. unfortunately it is caught up in the monitor, but you can see that an incredible increase of nine percentage points in the share of eligible voters who are minorities took place according to the data between 2008 and 2012, a massive demographic tide against which the republicans have to run. you can also see that a decline of five percentage points in voters who are white non college which of course john mccain's best corporate 2008. so that is a very quick to work, very quick speed run on some of the swing states of the 2008 election. maybe it's time for the 2012 election, step back, catch my breath and to say, why is this? why is this going on? why is obama have a solid lead like he does? why is romney having such difficulty finding traction? what many people argue to be a very winnable election with up poor, limping along economy in the president who has done so
finally the poster child for demographic change in the united states and how it can shift the state's rapidly over time, grace state of nevada. obama is running ahead, not nearly as far as he did in 2008. look at this data. unfortunately it is caught up in the monitor, but you can see that an incredible increase of nine percentage points in the share of eligible voters who are minorities took place according to the data between 2008 and 2012, a massive demographic tide against which the...
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they are grateful to the united states of america. they have condemned this attack and this heinous crime of the assassination of four brave americans. they have said they will do everything in their power to bring these people to justice. i was there on july 7 in tripoli and i saw thousands of libyans saying, "thank you, america. thank you, united states. thank you, ambassador stevens." "thank you." because they were under the yoke of one of the most brutal dictators on earth who, by the way, was responsible for the deaths of americans in pan am 103 and the bombing of a disco in berlin. so -- and -- but there's a problem in this country. they have porous borders. they have militias running around. they have not had a government of their own in more -- forever, literally. and -- and we -- and they need our help. they need our help in providing border security, in bringing these militias under control and these weapons that are proliferated everywhere. so our mage with the paul amendment -- so our message with the paul amendment is adi
they are grateful to the united states of america. they have condemned this attack and this heinous crime of the assassination of four brave americans. they have said they will do everything in their power to bring these people to justice. i was there on july 7 in tripoli and i saw thousands of libyans saying, "thank you, america. thank you, united states. thank you, ambassador stevens." "thank you." because they were under the yoke of one of the most brutal dictators on...
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on the united states. there is voter discipline, that's why we're seeing change. thing to remember about voter discipline is it's mostly incoherent. [laughter] you look, everybody hates deficits and debt, everybody loves their own programs. if you do the detailed surveys and ask how would you fix the problem, the first answer is cut foreign aid. that's, what, two orders of magnitude off to deal with the problem. politics is about channeling voter anger to an appropriate end. what i compare this, the u.s. system is since we continually generate voter discipline like the little circular rumba that cleans my living room floor. it has no intelligence, it bounces off the walls, eventually gets to the point where it covers everything. we'll get to the right place -- [laughter] we'll get to the right place. it will take longer than it would if there was an intelligence guiding the process. so in that sense we're not like japan. there's both an absence of voter discipline and market discipline. but it's going to b
on the united states. there is voter discipline, that's why we're seeing change. thing to remember about voter discipline is it's mostly incoherent. [laughter] you look, everybody hates deficits and debt, everybody loves their own programs. if you do the detailed surveys and ask how would you fix the problem, the first answer is cut foreign aid. that's, what, two orders of magnitude off to deal with the problem. politics is about channeling voter anger to an appropriate end. what i compare...
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you know, the old story about the red states and blue states, we've got to tell them we are the united states and that's what we've got to start doing. we've got to start making sure these people change their way. the mitch mcconnell so the world saves my job to make him fail, does he really went to a former years former years of failure? is that what he wants? to cc is an american that's good for america? i say no and i say somehow we have to basically appeal to the better nature of the resources to say, how do we start together rebuilt in this country? had we start doing things we had to put fellow americans back to work? how do we get jobs here, new jobs in eight people have a good living and a good life in this country? how do we create opportunity in this country? that is the key issue that america faces after this election. so i think that can be done. i wanted thank you for being here. thank you very much. great to be here. [applause] b. mac when he took office canoe appeared at the republican convention and talked about the teamsters being bipartisan. that didn't happen. why? >
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the federal deficit went up $16,000 every second george allen was the united states senator. voted to raise the debt ceiling four times, voted to raise his own salary four times. now he's talking like a conservative, but his record shows he can't have another crack at it because his actions don't match his word. again, i think the right strategy is an aggregated examination of deductions rather than fighting issue-to-issue. you can have the amount or percentage vary by income or how the tax code is already. that's the most likely path to lead to success. >> we're out of time on that answer. >> can i have time to rebut? >> not according to your rules. i like more than less, but going on. >> governor allen, virginia voters are divided on whether they want the affordable care act to stay or go because it's not completely ruled out and because it's so complex. do you want to completely get rid of the law as a stands and start over on health care reform from strach or favor -- scratch or favor another method? >> i'll use the first part to rebut comments tim made. tim talked about
the federal deficit went up $16,000 every second george allen was the united states senator. voted to raise the debt ceiling four times, voted to raise his own salary four times. now he's talking like a conservative, but his record shows he can't have another crack at it because his actions don't match his word. again, i think the right strategy is an aggregated examination of deductions rather than fighting issue-to-issue. you can have the amount or percentage vary by income or how the tax...
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so don't sell the united states of america short. don't sell the american people short just because this is an election year. they can tell when you're dealing straight with them or when you're playing politics. and right now there's no more time to play politics. in fact, i got a letter just yesterday from a west virginian. james in clarksburg, west virginia, talking about the summit. here's what he said -- i quote -- "it is time for responsible members of the senate to take to the floor and tell your fellow senators it is past time for us to take responsible action to address the fiscal crisis which is our responsibility to the people who sent us here." because it's just that. there is no excuse for delaying action until after the election. no excuse. to delay it just because of an election. madam president, james got it exactly right. there is no time to waste. look, i'm not naive. i understand that some of the choices we face are going to be hard for some of us to make. i know republicans don't want to talk about revenue. i know
so don't sell the united states of america short. don't sell the american people short just because this is an election year. they can tell when you're dealing straight with them or when you're playing politics. and right now there's no more time to play politics. in fact, i got a letter just yesterday from a west virginian. james in clarksburg, west virginia, talking about the summit. here's what he said -- i quote -- "it is time for responsible members of the senate to take to the floor...
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he felt they were renegades of the united states. legally in his mind this was an insurrection against the federal government has much against american law as for instance the whiskey rebellion was under george washington. that was both in terms of framing the problem and legally dealing with it. that is why he did it that way. the other question about nixon's presidential power from the beginning of this time in congress nixon was in favor of presidents having a lot of authority particularly in foreign policy. one thing he and eisenhower had to deal with in 1953 was something called a proposed amendment, senator john brinker was suggesting an amendment to the constitution that would have hugely restricted the president's ability to include treaties and that was something eisenhower and nixon spent a lot of time on. this was the theme that runs through american history. >> host: dean alyson's wes in do we need to evaluate wartime presidents less severely than non wartime presidents? >> guest: i don't. if anything more severely becaus
he felt they were renegades of the united states. legally in his mind this was an insurrection against the federal government has much against american law as for instance the whiskey rebellion was under george washington. that was both in terms of framing the problem and legally dealing with it. that is why he did it that way. the other question about nixon's presidential power from the beginning of this time in congress nixon was in favor of presidents having a lot of authority particularly...
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but if he is not dead, he is the nominee and the president of the united states. he sends his secretary of state to the convention to stampede the convention. about idea. >> he wanted the nomination. and of course, harding, coolidge, hoover, wins two democratic primaries come fdr is on the ticket a device -- as a vice presidential candidate. you have this and so much else going on with the league of nations and every other thing. 1960, well, we move on from that to where you have three titanic personalities. we don't have six, but we have three of the biggest namebrand and presidential personalities ever. kennedy, nixon, johnson, so very different. so different in terms of dynastic or just personal, and something which, i think resonates so much with the folks and reading books today. 1948, that is a great cliffhanger. we love to listen to the experts. we'd love to get the weather reports. and they are always wrong and the polls are always wrong, and the experts are always wrong, and by god, we love it when they are smarter than they are. it turns out that we can
but if he is not dead, he is the nominee and the president of the united states. he sends his secretary of state to the convention to stampede the convention. about idea. >> he wanted the nomination. and of course, harding, coolidge, hoover, wins two democratic primaries come fdr is on the ticket a device -- as a vice presidential candidate. you have this and so much else going on with the league of nations and every other thing. 1960, well, we move on from that to where you have three...
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woodrow wilson, president of the united states, and invalid. think you can stampede the convention in san francisco since his secretary of state could do that. kaj: >> host: so we didn't stand a chance. >> guest: some basic functions, something together. herbert hoover was a great engineer, secretary of commerce. he is elected and 28. think when roosevelt, democrat. secretary of state. i'm sorry, secretary of the navy under wilson. vice presidential candidate that year. >> host: when did the convention stop mattering, or do they matter? >> guest: boy, you know, we have common -- you know, they do matter but -- four years ago, you know, it was almost down to the wire. it was hillary. they were counting the vote after vote. in 1976, reagan and ford, there was still that backroom thing going on. i could tell you some personal tales. pressure being put on people on what i knew, and who ended up saying, oh, have to visit my stepdaughter in south carolina. >> host: greg from massachusetts. go ahead. >> caller: you flash a picture and it looked like h
woodrow wilson, president of the united states, and invalid. think you can stampede the convention in san francisco since his secretary of state could do that. kaj: >> host: so we didn't stand a chance. >> guest: some basic functions, something together. herbert hoover was a great engineer, secretary of commerce. he is elected and 28. think when roosevelt, democrat. secretary of state. i'm sorry, secretary of the navy under wilson. vice presidential candidate that year. >>...
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but certainly after line 11 there were issues associated with the ability in the united states to recover from the situation that was in, and i supported those tax relief measures, and i think they were partially responsible at least to the economic boom that we had in the mid 2000's. i do support extending all of them. however, i also believe that what we really should do is to fold the issue of extending the bush tax cuts into a much larger debate about fundamental tax reform. fundamental tax reform bill would make the nation more competitive globally, that will make it possible for us to make the tax is simpler, may raise some rates in areas and lo wer in others. but to have this campaign dogma about raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year really doesn't help the economy recover. but it certainly does create a good campaign fodder. i believe that we need to act in a bipartisan fashion, working with republicans and democrats together understanding our differences on this issue and try to come up with a more fundamental plan for tax reform that will make the u.s. more com
but certainly after line 11 there were issues associated with the ability in the united states to recover from the situation that was in, and i supported those tax relief measures, and i think they were partially responsible at least to the economic boom that we had in the mid 2000's. i do support extending all of them. however, i also believe that what we really should do is to fold the issue of extending the bush tax cuts into a much larger debate about fundamental tax reform. fundamental tax...
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there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the blog, but not nikita khrushchev. there were two leaders who were essentially a joint leadership. by 19541956, khrushchev was a supreme leader. >> host: what policy changes came with his ascension? >> guest: khrushchev would've been shocking to anyone in the west. but khrushchev actually realized that stalin had gone way overboard. a number of people have been killed under stalin. despite all the claims, the soviet union was way behind economically and with defense. the result was khrushchev wanted to change it because something called the secret speech.
there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the...
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so of not red or blue states, what the united states. i no they're not that many football fans here today. my first story about president obama has to do with football. he was the last interview that i did for my book. i interviewed three andrew and 50 people will for him and traveled the world. i thought about what i would -- how i would break the ice with him for a long time. i remembered that he is a bears fan than i am a pakistan and that two years ago when the packers played the bears in the nfc championship game president obama announced that if the bears won he was going to the super bowl. the packers won. and the star player on the packers after the game got up on the table of the jesse berman said, president obama will come see us, but we're right to go see him at his house meeting if you win the super bowl you to visit the white house. this was their star quarterback, so when i finally got my interview with president obama and shook his hand and said, mr. president, charles got here before me, but i'm glad we both finally made
so of not red or blue states, what the united states. i no they're not that many football fans here today. my first story about president obama has to do with football. he was the last interview that i did for my book. i interviewed three andrew and 50 people will for him and traveled the world. i thought about what i would -- how i would break the ice with him for a long time. i remembered that he is a bears fan than i am a pakistan and that two years ago when the packers played the bears in...
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there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the blog, but not nikita khrushchev. there were two leaders who were essentially a joint leadership. by 19541956, khrushchev was a supreme leader. >> host: what policy changes came with his ascension? >> guest: khrushchev would've been shocking to anyone in the west. but khrushchev actually realized that stalin had gone way overboard. a number of people have been killed under stalin. despite all the claims, the soviet union was way behind economically and with defense. the result was khrushchev wanted to change it because something called the secret speech.
there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the...